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Note
Date 17 August 2015 - 31 May 2016
Event ID 1045101
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1045101
What is probably a small fortified settlement stands on the crest of a narrow ridge dropping down from higher ground on the SW and is flanked on the SE by a steep slope dropping away into a gully. Sub-rectangular on plan, the interior measures 38m from NW to SE by 30m transversely (0.11ha), and where best preserved, on the SW quarter, the defences comprise twin ramparts with a medial ditch; here the inner rampart stands 1.8m high above the bottom of the ditch, which is in the order of 6m in breadth, and the counterscarp rampart is 1.3m high. In 1965 an OS surveyor noted a possible circular structure on the E side of the interior, but this does not appear on the plan drawn up by RCAHMS investigators in 1948 (1956, 146, no.254, fig 176). The position of the entrance is not known, probably lying in one or other of the gaps where a road has been driven across the earthworks on the NE and SW respectively.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 31 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC3291
